Madeleine Blanchet
Madeleine Blanchet | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 April 1934 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | M.D. |
| Alma mater | Université Laval |
| Occupation | Doctor |
Madeleine Blanchet OQ FRSC (born 26 April 1934)[1] is a Canadian doctor. She was an advisor on the Castonguay-Nepveu Commission and helped transform the public health care system in Quebec.
Biography[edit]
Blanchet obtained a bachelor of arts degree at the Convent des Ursulines de Québec and a doctorate in medicine from Université Laval. She also graduated in public health from the Université de Montréal and holds a master of science degree in maternal and child health from Harvard University.[1]
She was chief medical officer at the health unit of Hochelaga, Quebec and in 1967 became medical advisor on epidemiology with the Castonguay-Nepveu Commission, conducting a three-year inquiry into the state of health care in the province.[1] Much of health care in Quebec was then under the jurisdiction of the clergy, and the commission's report recommended a new state-run health insurance policy and health care network, to give broader access to health and psychiatric care for the population.[2]
Claude Castonguay was appointed Quebec's Minister of Health in 1970 and, like several others on the commission, Blanchet joined the ministry's staff to see the commission's blueprint realized and to maintain continuity of the health system.[3] She was head of the Department of Epidemiological Studies at the Ministry of Social Affairs (into which the Ministry of Health had been merged). She was coordinator of the 1972 Nutrition Canada survey and set perinatal and nutrition policies. In 1980 Blanchet was made President of the Social Affairs Council.[1]
In the late 1980s Blanchet collaborated with the research team for another report into the state of Quebec's healthcare.[4] Blanchet gained a reputation for approaching health issues from a social perspective. She was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 1989 and was made an officer of the National Order of Quebec in 1992.[1]
Honours[edit]
- 1980 – Prize of the Canadian Institute of Quebec
- 1989 – Member of the Royal Society of Canada[5]
- 1992 – Officer of the National Order of Quebec[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f "Madeleine Blanchet – Officière (1992)" (in French). Government of Quebec. 1992. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ "La 'castonguette'". Le Québec, une histoire de famille (in French). Lequebecunehistoiredefamille.com. 15 January 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ Lee, Sidney S. (1979). Quebec's Health System: A Decade of Change, 1967-77. Institute of Public Administration of Canada. p. 14. ISBN 9780919400665. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
The situation was unique. A group of individuals, skilled in their respective fields but having no previous experience in politics or large-scale administration, had worked together for three years, studying problems, developing programs, and creating a comprehensive highly detailed health plan for the province of Quebec.
- ^ "Deux Quebec dans un – Rapport sur le développement social et démographique" [Report on social and demographic development] (PDF) (in French). Quebec: Conseil des affaires sociales. January 1989. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ "Madeleine Blanchet". Royal Society of Canada. 1989. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- 1934 births
- Living people
- Canadian public health doctors
- Women public health doctors
- Officers of the National Order of Quebec
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
- Université Laval alumni
- Université de Montréal alumni
- Physicians from Quebec
- People from Quebec City
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health alumni